Joanne Woodward | |
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 Woodward in 1971 | |
| Born | Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward February 27, 1930 Thomasville, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Sarah Lawrence College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950–2013 |
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| Children | 3, including Nell and Melissa Newman |
| Awards | Full list |
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American retired actress. She made her career breakthrough in the 1950s and earned esteem and respect playing complex women with a characteristic nuance and depth of character.[1] Her accolades include an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is the oldest living winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Woodward is perhaps best known for her performance as a woman with dissociative identity disorder in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She was until his death married to actor Paul Newman, with whom she often collaborated either as a co-star, or as an actor in films directed or produced by him. In 1990, Woodward earned a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College at age 60, graduating alongside her daughter Clea.[2]
- ^ "Woodward, Joanne (1930—) Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ Friedap, Joseph P. (May 26, 1990). "COMMENCEMENTS; Sarah Lawrence College". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 22, 2022.